Comments on: Do You Really Need a New Computer? Frugal Tips to Extend Your Computer’s Life

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:42:12 +0000

Please donate your old boxes to a church-group or some needy student in these hard times! To comply with the law, and with Microsoft’s leasing policy, you can now replace Microsoft OS with the free (download from the net) Ubuntu OS, which can be set to erase the hard drive of all traces of the “illegal to give away ” Microsoft system and your private information, before donation! Now, explain to your lucky recipient that all the manuals they will ever need are available for free on the internet! Just ask for them in Google! OpenOffice, which is installed already is plenty adequate for homework assignments and with a little exploring, everything else can work well too! Happy computing!

By: ANGELO JETTER

ANGELO JETTER — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:25:21 +0000

Merci! RAM, Memory Cards, External Storage, Computer Maintenance, Virus Software! Computer Lighting FAST!!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:57:35 +0000

Irina,

Thanks for sharing your tips!

By: irina

irina — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:48:33 +0000

I recently began using Advanced WindowsCare 2 Personal (free) It scans and removes spyware and adware, cleans windows by deleting unwanted files, deleting obsolete files, removing junk files, and eliminating corrupt registry entries and many other tasks. I love it.

By: missy

missy — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:24:19 +0000

IF YOUR HARD DRIVE EVER CRASHES ALL U HAVE TO DO IS PUT UR HARD DRIVE IN A ZIPLOCK BAGGIE FOR 15 MINUTES IN THE FREEZER ONLY 15 IT WILL GET FIXED!TRIED IT AND IT WORKED !

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:44:58 +0000

Zach, I have an old computer sitting there not doing anything, so I might give t a go. I don’t know much about installing it (and wiping Windows off), so I may find someone to help.

By: Shanti @ Antishay

Shanti @ Antishay — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:43:32 +0000

Thank you for linking back to my article

By: zach @ Pennywise

zach @ Pennywise — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:45:53 +0000

I will second all of the above linux users.

TRY LINUX.

I downloaded and burned a live-cd to test it out before I installed it (read: find somebody to install it cuz I don’t know anything about it and don’t have time). Awesome.